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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Tekton Pro">Today I had to send my sweet Opie to the Bridge. He woke up this morning paralyzed. I took him to my vet, who sent us immediately to a neurologist for an MRI. </FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Tekton Pro">We were expecting to see a disc problem but the results showed that Opie had a tumor inside his spinal column bones, possibly lymphoma but definitely a really bad thing. Prognosis was extremely poor for removal of the tumor and recovery. The neurologist, Dr. Bob and I agreed it was best to let my sweet boy go</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Tekton Pro">… he was only 3</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Tekton Pro">½</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Tekton Pro">years old. </FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Tekton Pro"> I</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Tekton Pro">am just devastated</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Tekton Pro">… cannot take much more.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P>
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